Christmas

Christmas was very special this year. It was Jack's first Christmas as well as our first Christmas in our new house. The holiday was full of presents, fun and visits with all of our family.

The boys presents waiting under the tree for themJack loved playing with the wrapping paperThis is fun!Connor loved all his new toys

Here he is with one of his new favorites - Imaginext guysConnor has been saying all December that Santa was going to bring him a trumpet

He must have been a good boy because here it is!

Here is Connor trying out his big gift - a drum set - my future musician!

An early Christmas gift

Well, it looks like Jack is going to learn to walk just in time for Christmas!!!! He is now taking four or five steps at a time. I can't believe my little guy is on the move. Here is a video of him that we took while we were visiting our friends in CT this weekend.

While in CT, we stayed over at our friends Lauren and Ryan's house. Connor was super excited to visit them. We had alot of fun spending time with them and they are awesome hosts. On Saturday, they took us to the childrens museum, Kid City, near their house. It was the best museum I have been to for the toddler age group. Connor, Luke and Jack all had a great time.

Decorating cookies at Auntie Lauren's houseJack showing Uncle Ryan how to go grocery shoppingConnor getting a close up view of the train setSnack time = Goldfish FrenzyOpening giftsLuke's turn

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

The past two weekends have been spent getting our house ready for Christmas. We are getting very excited around here. Connor is so cute this year because he really seems to grasp the idea of what Christmas is all about. He knows all about Santa and the presents and he also knows it is baby Jesus' birthday (we sing Happy Birthday every night when we do the Advent wreath). Last weekend we decorated the tree and the outside of our house. This weekend we built a gingerbread train and had a Christmas get together with the Farias family.

Jack putting up his first ornamentConnor getting in on the actionOur house all decorated - notice our new fence :)Connor and his gingerbread train

I think he ate more candy than he used to decorate the trainLuke opening our giftJack loving the wrapping paperAll 3 boys attacking the toysHappy 10 months Jack! Yummy cupcake mess!!!

Disney 2010 - Part 3

After our evening at the Candlelight Processional, Nana and Pepe had to drive home to MA. We were staying for a few more days and we decided to go to Animal Kingdom the next day. This was Connor's favorite park!

Taking some time to play the drums with DaddyA mommy giraffe with her baby on the savannah

A mommy gorilla with her 9 month old baby - same as Jack!

While the boys napped, we got to ride Expedition Everest with my DadConnor brushing a goat at Rafiki's StationIt even "snowed" during the Jammin Jingle Jungle ParadeThe next day we went to EPCOT and to the boardwalk. Here's Daddy and Jack checking out the Nemo play area.A carousel made completely out of chocolate at the Beach Club Hotel - My favorite decorationRiding a family bicycle on the boardwalk - It was tough work!!!!Our last day, we went back to Magic Kingdom. Here are my boys on one of Connor's favorites 0 the tea cups. This was the only night we stayed at the parks late. It was worth the wait to see the Electrical Light Parade.

See you again soon Disney World!!!

Disney 2010 - Part 2

We were so excited to be in Florida that the day we arrived we decided to head over to the Magic Kingdom that night.When we got to Main Street both boys were attracted to the balloons.... so we had to buy them each one. The nice thing was that they played with them all week!The park was all lit up for Christmas. Everything was so beautiful!The next morning we went back to the park bright and early in the morning to ride some rides.Pa and Pepe flew in late that night and then we were all together for Thanksgiving Day.So thankful for my handsome boys!!!!After a visit to Hollywood Studios in the morning, we went to Nana and Pepe's house for a suprise Thanksgiving lunch. YUMConnor loved visiting their house because he got to drive Pepe's golf cart.Later that night we all went back to the park to see the Christmas lights all lit up on the backlot.The following evening we went to EPCOT to see the Christmas Candlelight Processional. I have been hearing about this event ever since James and I first started dating so I was very excited to go see it. The music was beautiful and it was a great time to spend together as a big family getting excited for the holidays.

We're back

Hi everyone! We are back from our Thanksgiving trip to Florida. We had a great time and I have lots of stories and pictures to share. Let me start by saying that both boys were really well behaved all week, even on the flights! It was so much easier to fly to FL than it was to fly to CA. The main reason for this trip was to spend Thanksgiving with the grandparents. We got to share the holiday with Nana, Pepe, Grandma and Grandpa. It was great to be with the ones we love the most on a holiday about being thankful.

Even though we just took the boys to Disneyland only 5 months ago, both boys were so much different from last time. Jack took in all the sights, sounds and flavors that Disney has to offer. He loved to walk around while holding on to our hands to check everything out. Connor had a completely different experience this time. He was scared of any ride that was indoors - I don't think he likes the dark. On the other hand, last time he wouldn't say Hi to any of the characters, but this time he loved to greet them, take pictures with them and have them sign his hat. For James and I the experience was new too! We never imagined being the people who waited in line for the characters instead of space mountain :) We really enjoyed it though. There is nothing like seeing Disney through your child's eyes.

Enough rambling.... time to get to the pictures!!! I am starting with the character pictures. There are alot more to come...

The Doraz Family with Tigger & Pooh

Greeting Goofy and Pluto with Pa and MamaThe boys meeting Donald - doesn't Connor look like such a big boy!He insisted on meeting Minnie all by himself :)Finally - Mickey!!!